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Map 7.2: <strong>Australia</strong>n LNG trade by market, 2014<br />

Ch<strong>in</strong>a<br />

3.8 Mt<br />

South<br />

Korea<br />

0.9 Mt<br />

Japan<br />

18.4 Mt<br />

Ch<strong>in</strong>ese Taipei<br />

0.1 Mt<br />

Other<br />

0.1 Mt<br />

<strong>Australia</strong><br />

23.2 Mt<br />

Source: IEA (2015) Natural gas <strong>in</strong>formation<br />

As of late 2015, there were around 45 million tonnes of LNG capacity<br />

under construction <strong>in</strong> <strong>Australia</strong>. Once built, this is expected to make<br />

<strong>Australia</strong> the world’s largest exporter of LNG by the end of the decade.<br />

This expansion <strong>in</strong> capacity will <strong>in</strong>clude new conventional gas projects <strong>in</strong><br />

western and northern <strong>Australia</strong>, float<strong>in</strong>g LNG projects, and coal seam gas<br />

based LNG projects on the east coast.<br />

88 ENERGY IN AUSTRALIA 2015

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